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Structurally
Engineered Timber-Framing for
Housing
& Property Developers
Land
Selection, Optimisation & Valuation Design
Speed Site
Survey & Planning
NHBC & Zurich
Cash Flow Full
Building Service Project
Management Joint
Developments
Sales & Marketing Assistance Talk
to Us
Throughout the
UK and Europe, the advantages of choosing Engineered Timber Frame
Structures for all forms of housing and property development are
now rapidly being recognised.
The benefits of
using timberframe construction are dealt with throughout this web
site . On this page we outline a few of the special ways in
which Benfield ATT is gearing up to assist forward looking
house-builders, commercial, retail, leisure, health sector,
industrial and agricultural property developers.
As you will know,
we have already developed a unique, high quality service - and
name - for the design, manufacture and erection of timber
frame buildings. Now, as both Chartered
Surveyors and Chartered
Building Consultants, we are extending this to provide
an even more comprehensive, 'one-stop-shop' facility, for housing
and property developers throughout the UK.
Land
Selection, Optimisation & Valuation
While finding land
to build on is, in itself, a difficult, time consuming and
expensive exercise, as a developer it is only worth buying land if
you can make a profit out of it.
As surveyors and
valuers, our experience as development consultants can both help
assess which site is right for you, what type of development it is
best suited for, what the development mix should be, appropriate
infrastructure costs, the residual value to you, how you should
phase the development, and how you can best optimise your
development returns.
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Design
Speed
As house-builder and developer members of the House
Builders Federation ourselves, we are fully aware of
the need to turn round designs - both for individual houses,
estate development, and landscaping - as quickly a
possible.
To this end we
provide an integrated service that links all of the aesthetic
design elements with the the engineering and structural design
criteria. Able to work with your own professional team, or
as comprehensive design consultants, we look forward to discussing
how best we can serve you.
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Site
Survey & Planning
Increasingly, to
get the best value out of a site, developers are needing to design
the development to take advantage of the orientation, slope,
surrounding topography and other buildings, and so on. But
to do so means that quite detailed site surveys are required at an
early stage.
When careful
survey detail is combined with sensitive environmental and spatial
planning considerations, then exceptionally good developments can
result. However, for this to happen usually requires
buildings to be individually designed for the site, rather than
merely being able to 'plonk' bottom drawer, standard developer's
house plans onto the site.
Although this
obviously involves extra design, as well as survey, costs, the
upside is that, quite often, the 'quality' of the planning
permission can be improved, either with more marketable
properties, larger floor areas, or even an increase in the number
of units to be developed.
As you can see, we
have an innate understanding of such things, borne out of long
experience and professional capability. Our experience in both
site surveys and planning applications is available to you, as and
when required. Please feel free to consult us, without cost
or obligation, for your next development.
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NHBC
& Zurich
Of course, no building regulation, planning permission, or housing
development scheme is of any value to you unless your end buyers
can obtain mortgage finance for the property they want to
buy. And, nowadays, it is often very difficult to obtain
this without a structural insurance guarantee, usually from one of
the two big players in this market, NHBC
and Zurich.
It will therefore
come as no surprise to you that, for what seems time immemorial,
we have worked closely with both of these inspection and insurance
bodies. All of our structural designs for houses come with
appropriate engineering certificates to enable you to obtain these
guarantees.
For all
commercial, industrial, leisure, health care and agricultural
buildings where we are the structural designers, we are able to
arrange equivalent cover, if required..
Please feel free
to consult us, without cost or obligation, for the requirements of
your next development.
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Cash
Flow
You can often recover from a loss, but if your lose your cash
flow, you'll probably go bust!
At a stoke, that
simple axiom tells you that we understand how important it is for
developers to maintain a very tight control of the management of
their finances.
Our own experience
as developers means that we have a first-hand understanding of
what it is all about - and how to deal with it.
By choosing us as
your Development Partners, by using our expertise to plan
and programme the progress of your project, and (if required)
handle the project management to keep this firmly on track, you
can rest assured that we will help you to programme and progress
the flow of funds to keep all of your developments on target for
profit!
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Full
Building Service
If you are strictly a developer, rather than a builder-developer,
then our status as Chartered
Building Consultants may be of extra interest to
you.
As you will
understand, we already have hundreds of builders around the UK who
have worked with us on the construction of individual
'self-builder' houses. But, via the Chartered
Institute of Building, we are also tapped into a pool
of Chartered Builders - the most professional, most
experienced, best qualified building contractors - available in
the UK.
'
Chartered Builder' status is one of the most coveted
accolades in the construction industry. And you can rest
assured that any firm holding the title of Chartered
Building Contractors is sure to do everything in their power
to uphold and enhance this.
This means that,
through us, developers have access to the most proficient and
professional building resource available in the UK. And,
furthermore, if such arrangements are not immediately available in
the location where you wish to develop, we are fully equipped to
provide a full Design
and Build main contractor service to get your project
completed on time and within budget.
Please consult us,
without cost or obligation, for the best way to commission your
next development.
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Project
Management
Increasingly, both builders and developers need to implement
professional Project
Management techniques and skills to keep their
projects on track.
To enable our
in-house, Just-In-Time
project management to integrate with our customers project
management programmes, we use Project
Commander software, The most
popular choice of UK building contractors, it can interface with
and accept Microsoft Project
programmes.
If you are a
Developer - or even a builder developer - but would like extra
help with for your schemes, however large or
small, then please call us to discuss how we can compliment your
team to secure on time, on budget results - every-time!
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Joint
Developments
Whether you are developing one house, a block of flats, a Housing
Association social housing scheme, or a major private housing
estate, we are interested in engaging in Joint
Property Development projects.
There are many
ways in which 'win-win' solutions can be constructed for the
benefit of all parties, reducing costs, speeding completions,
improving cash flow, and so on.
Whether or not you
are the present land owner, and whether or not this idea
immediately appeals to you, please take a few minutes to give us a
call to discuss the options. As they say, "It
costs nothing to talk" - and it could improve your
returns enormously.
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Sales
& Marketing Assistance
As Benfield ATT
increasingly becomes recognised as both a household name and an
aspiration brand, so too does the perceived value of our
products.
In itself this can
help builder-developers to improve the desirability, saleability
and profitability of their projects. But, engaged at an
early enough stage, we can also provide valuable sales and
marketing assistance.
For a start, as
members of the Chartered
Institute of Marketing, senior members of our staff
are well versed in the needs of the market, how best to appeal to
this, and the way to determine the most effective and efficient
route/s to market.
But, in addition
to possibly being able to provide appropriate promotional material
- adapted specifically to your development, if necessary - as
members of the House Builders Federation we can also provide free
access to www.New-Homes.com,
the most important and visited site by new home buyers throughout
the UK.
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Talk
to Us
For all of the above reasons, and more, as soon as you think you
have found a site for your next development - no matter how large
or small - TALK TO US. We are sure that you will find that
it pays you to do so..
If you are a developer and
would like more
related information about partnering with Benfield ATT, please Contact
Us to discuss the options.
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Land
Selection, Optimisation & Valuation Design
Speed Site
Survey & Planning
NHBC & Zurich
Cash Flow Full
Building Service Project
Management Joint
Developments
Sales & Marketing Assistance Talk
to Us
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